Multi-genre response--choice of genre, could use in Science
Use to understand Chaucer
Connect with students through music, texting (pop culture)
Could use nursery rhymes, political cartoons and propaganda
In history, could use to understand historical texts--tool of analysis, focus on words/interpretation
Humor is always good--create lesson that reflects your own personality and passion
Writing didn't feel overwhelming, might make students more willing to write
Makes concrete something that is difficult to understand
Difference between author's world view and narrator's view
Teaching conventions, demystifies text structures
Critical literacy--shifting the point of view of speaker, how perspective shapes story
Different genres embedded in lesson--instead of isolated instruction
Modifications for Presenting at Schools:
Closure--figure out a way to end, perhaps have next audience debrief, provide guiding questions
Provide "sanitized" versions for other teachers
Structure a little more tightly, give explicit prompts or model
Application to literary text--practice with Lord of the Flies or Of Mice and Men
Ask kids to be critical of their own culture, what messages sent by media
Use to understand Chaucer
Connect with students through music, texting (pop culture)
Could use nursery rhymes, political cartoons and propaganda
In history, could use to understand historical texts--tool of analysis, focus on words/interpretation
Humor is always good--create lesson that reflects your own personality and passion
Writing didn't feel overwhelming, might make students more willing to write
Makes concrete something that is difficult to understand
Difference between author's world view and narrator's view
Teaching conventions, demystifies text structures
Critical literacy--shifting the point of view of speaker, how perspective shapes story
Different genres embedded in lesson--instead of isolated instruction
Modifications for Presenting at Schools:
Closure--figure out a way to end, perhaps have next audience debrief, provide guiding questions
Provide "sanitized" versions for other teachers
Structure a little more tightly, give explicit prompts or model
Application to literary text--practice with Lord of the Flies or Of Mice and Men
Ask kids to be critical of their own culture, what messages sent by media